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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1890.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 100,862 1 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 3,115 0 11
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 6,541 0 9
Government deposits .. .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. 328,236 4 6
Bearing interest .. .. 929,576 9 2

Total average liabilities ..£1,368,330 16 11

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 295,155 5 1
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 21,108 6 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 3,328 1 7
Balances due from other Banks .. 22,245 8 9
Landed property .. .. .. 88,887 3 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 329,294 12 5
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 1,207,158 0 10
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 12,662 3 9

Total average assets ..£1,979,839 2 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 1890, £250,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 2½ per cent. for half-year ending 31st March, 1890.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.
Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1890 (date of last published balance-sheet), £18,029 3s. 1d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of October, 1890.

W. DYMOCK, General Manager.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1890.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 111,709 12 3
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 3,412 16 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 2,656 10 8
Government deposits .. .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. 389,256 7 7
Bearing interest .. .. 1,023,756 14 8

Total average liabilities ..£1,530,792 1 9

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 227,134 9 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 13,739 5 8
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 3,354 1 0
Balances due from other Banks .. 99,534 16 4
Landed property .. .. .. 100,515 3 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 342,456 15 7
2. Colonial Government securities .. 100,801 5 8
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 1,534,620 11 4
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 29,183 16 8

Total average assets ..£2,451,340 5 11

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 1890, £400,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 7 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £14,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £67,976 9s. 8d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 13th day of October, 1890.

W. WATSON, Inspector.
H. ADAM, Accountant.

Steam Service between Bluff and Milford Sound.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1890.

SEALED tenders will be received by the Chief Postmaster, Invercargill, until Friday, the 31st instant, for a monthly steam service between the Bluff and Milford Sound, via Coal Island. The service to be for six months, and to be terminable by the Postmaster-General on giving one month’s notice. Forms of tender, with terms and conditions of contract, may be obtained on application at the Post-offices, Bluff and Invercargill. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships is open to all Maoris that have regularly and continuously attended a Native school during the previous year, and are under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school regularly and continuously during the previous twelve months. These scholarships are offered for competition among Maori boys, on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886, and in the supplementary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 15th and 16th December, 1890.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Wellington, 13th August, 1890.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 29th day of October, 1890, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, for investigating the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PAREMATA.
90-108. TRANSFER dated the 20th day of May, 1890, from Ropata te Ao and others to Hakaraia te Whena.

ARATANGATA.
90-185. Agreement dated the 23rd day of September, 1890, between Howard Nicholson and John Roderick McDonald.

HUTT, SUBDIVISIONS 2 AND 3, BLOCK XII., SECTION 3.
90-195. Transfer dated the 14th day of November, 1889, from Arome te Kokote to Josephine Love.

PUKEHOU No. 4F, SECTION 2A.
90-197. Transfer dated the 13th day of September, 1890, from Piripi te Rawaraki to William Henry Simcox.

PUKEHOU No. 4G, SECTION 7.
90-198. Transfer dated the 13th day of September, 1890, from Piripi te Rawaraki to William Henry Simcox.

MAKURATAWHITI No. 1A.
90-199. Transfer dated the 27th day of September, 1890, from Te Wiata te Horu and another to George Bell,